By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1180

(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2019; March 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs & Border Security; April 29, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 29, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1180 By: Menéndez

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to reporting regarding veterans treatment court programs.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 124, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 124.007 to read as follows:

Sec. 124.007. REPORT. Not later than December 1 of each year, the Texas Veterans Commission shall report the following information for the preceding state fiscal year to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each member of the legislature:

(1) the number of defendants who:

(A) participated in each veterans treatment court program;

(B) successfully completed each program; and

(C) did not successfully complete each program; and

(2) the amount of grant funding received by each program.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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